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Made-in-Vietnam NanoDragon satellite to be launched on November 9

8/11/21
                                  the rocket will be launched into outer space on November 9

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on November 6 announced the delay of the launch of its fifth Epsilon solid-fuel rocket that is expected to carry nine small satellites, including Vietnam’s NanoDragon.
In its announcement, JAXA said the rocket will be launched into outer space from the Uchinoura Space Centre in Kagoshima prefecture at between 9:48-9:59 am on November 9 (local time), instead of November 7 as planned due to adverse weather forecast.

Previously, JAXA had to stop launching Epsilon-5 twice. On October 1, about a minute before launching the rocket, JAXA stopped the process to check the machinery system. In another attempt to launch the rocket on October 7, the agency had to cancel its plan because of unfavorable weather.

The NanoDragon, a nano-layer cubesat satellite which weighs 3.8 kilograms, was developed by the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. The development of the NanoDragon satellite is part of VNSC's "made in Vietnam" small satellite development roadmap.

Earlier, it was delivered to Japan on August 11 and tested at the Uchinoura Space Centre from August 16-17 before being officially transferred to the JAXA for launching under the second "Innovative satellite technology demonstration" programme./

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Vietnam Love 8/11/21 15:55

Vietnam’s NanoDragon satellite was delivered to Japan on August 11 for its launching into outer space

Socialist Society 8/11/21 15:58

The satellite's design, integration and functional tests were conducted entirely in Vietnam by VNSC researchers, noted that its structure, power distribution unit and some other supporting boards are completely made in Vietnam.

Voice of people 8/11/21 16:00

From a country that didn't have enough food to feed its people, now Vietnam is among a few countries that can produce a high-tech satellite

yobro yobro 8/11/21 16:02

Vietnam's science development in particular and all aspects of life at large is an amazing stories

Herewecome 8/11/21 16:04

NanoDragon was designed with purposes to assess the quality of the satellite's attitude determination and control system and a newly developed advanced on-board computer, and to evaluate the success of the Automatic Identification System receiver in a 3U cubesat bus

Robinson Jones 8/11/21 16:05

The satellite will be working on Sun synchronized orbit (SSO), at 560 kilometers high from the Earth surface.

Me Too! 8/11/21 16:06

Before NanoDragon, in 2013, made-in-Vietnam 1 kilogram PicoDragon satellite was successfully launched with signals received

Allforcountry 8/11/21 16:08

The NanoDragon satellite is a product of Vietnamese scientists

Swift Hoodie 8/11/21 16:10

The satellite was developed with the purpose of demonstrating it could use micro-satellite beam technology to receive the Automatic Identification System (AIS) signal to track and monitor activities at sea.

Wilson Pit 8/11/21 16:14

With satellites developed by Vietnamese scientist, Vietnam has a good and sustainable foundation for the development of space technology

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